Police have launched an investigation into the incidents that marred the end of Salford Red Devils’ Super League match against Huddersfield Giants on Monday.

West Yorkshire police said they were reviewing footage from the game and urged any victims to come forward.

Fighting broke out in the away end where the Salford fans were situated following the end of the match, before two of the club’s players entered the stand after their families had reportedly become distressed and called for help.

There was no police presence at the ground during the match but they were called after fighting broke out, with one person taken to hospital to be checked over. Inspector Jon Dunkerley said: “We are aware of articles in the media of reported disorder following the Huddersfield Giants game on Bank Holiday Monday. West Yorkshire Police were not in attendance at the fixture but were called at 4.53pm once the match had finished. Officers attended and assisted stewards in a crowd control situation outside the ground. No crimes have so far been reported and no arrests made.

“We have since spoken to the club who are working closely with the Rugby League and we are reviewing CCTV footage of the incident. We would urge anyone who believes they have been a victim of an offence to please contact PC Richard Nicholls on 101.”

It is understood that the RFL has appointed its own independent investigator as part of its investigation into the incident. This will be a separate investigation to the one conducted by West Yorkshire police, and will help to clarify further detail on the altercation itself and how it was managed. The game’s governing body has also pledged to work alongside both clubs in an attempt to find those responsible for the scenes that overshadowed Salford’s 26-24 win.

Huddersfield released a statement in which they confirmed that they would cooperate fully with any inquiry after it emerged a flare was thrown on to the pitch during the closing stages of the match. Their statement read: “Neither the fan who ignited [the flare], nor the fan who subsequently threw it towards the playing surface, were identified. The flare was removed from the playing surface by stewards.

“Two Salford fans were then ejected from the playing surface and pitchside at the end of the game for pitch encroachment. Following this an incident occurred in the away stand. No further comment will be made on the incident at this stage.”

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The Salford owner, Marwan Koukash, said that he will ban for life anyone found to be responsible for any violence at the John Smith’s Stadium. He told TalkSport: “We have asked for the CCTV from Huddersfield. The minority who caused the trouble, who I called thugs, will not be associated with our club or the sport. We will make sure they never attend a rugby league game again.”

Koukash said that the person taken to hospital on Monday was the daughter of a member of the club’s coaching staff and he defended the actions of Junior Sa’u and Justin Carney, the two Salford players who jumped into the crowd as the incident broke out.

He said: “You go towards your fans at the end of the game to acknowledge their support and when you see your family are there and need your help, regardless of whether you’re a policeman or a player, the human instinct is to jump in and help them out.

“That’s the only reason the two players, Junior and Justin, jumped in, to help their kids and their wives. One of the kids ended up going to hospital, the daughter of our strength and conditioning coach. It’s not ideal for them to jump in but what else do you expect?”